PLEASANT HILL 37, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 32 — At Salem, Cascade Christian struggled from the field, shooting only 19 percent overall, to come up short in the semifinals of the Crusader New Year's Invitational at Salem Academy High.

David Sellers had 11 rebounds and six points and Alex Miller scored eight points for the Challengers (6-3), who made more 3-pointers (five) than shots inside the arc (four). Stephen Joffer added seven points.

LOST RIVER 55, ST. MARY'S 52 — Connor Vinyard had 22 points, eight rebounds, six blocks and two steals for St. Mary's in a nonconference game marred by a late-game scuffle that led to three players and a handful of fans ejected at St. Mary's High.

Kade Benton added 13 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks for the Crusaders (4-10), but his last-second 3-pointer just missed the mark.

Luke Burch had 31 points for Lost River (5-9) and got tangled up with Glenn Alvarez of St. Mary's with about three minutes to play to escalate tensions. That led to the ejections of Alvarez and teammate Michael Gambee and Lost River's Raynell Todd.

Burch went on to score eight of his team's final 10 points to rally the Raiders.

LAKEVIEW 59, ILLINOIS VALLEY 44 — At Lakeview, Lakeview raced out to a 26-0 lead in the Southern Cascade Hybrid contest before Illinois Valley (2-8, 0-1 SCH) whittled down the deficit to nine points with about four minutes left in the game.

The Cougars ran into late foul trouble and couldn't rally against the Honkers (4-8, 1-0). Chaise Robbins and Mack Epple each had 12 rebounds for IV.